.. , . :.~:
TZMAIS
tus litroaria is pnbilidiodoiery bairns
day Morning, by & 0i omin:oz. at $2 per
annum, in advaniill
ADVERIISEMENTI3. etteeeding fifteen
lines are Inserted at ran morze.per.lion • for
tirst lase:OWN and nva mfrs. per line for
sa bsequent insertiOns. Special notices in:
sarted before Marriage, and Deaths, will
be charged rums= cora per BIM for each
iasertion. All resolutkais of Associations •
c ommunications of limited or individna
utereekand notices of Maniagps or Deaths
acceding Ave lines, are charged TIN CRETE
e.r line.
1 Year.. 6 mo. 3 Mo.
Onc_ Column. 1E76 $4O , $3O
hair.. 40 25 15
• ' n o Square, 10 71 5
I:stray,eaution, Loat and Forindoindother
Avertisements, not
_exceeding 10
three weeks, or lass, 21 60
.t,bninistrator's Ereentor's Notioel..2 00
Auditor's Notices 250
I;usiness Cards, five lines , Une „ 5 00
Merchants and others, advertising their
I.ll4i:teas, will be eharged•s2O They vid
t.e entitled to 4 oolnihn, waned exclusive
ly to their businesty'with privilege of amigo.
Advertising in all cases minim of
,abicrWn to the paper. = •
JOB FEINTING of every kind, in Plain
1.,111 Fancy colors, done with neatness and
-;(.6 patch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pena
l' lads, ka, of every variety and style, prin.
tA at the shortest notice. The ROOS=
Om= has just been re-fitted with Power
prt,ses, and every thing in the Printing
1 - no can he exeauted in the most. artistic
manner and at the lowest rates. TEEMS
INVARIABLY CASH.
-Carbs.
iIEQRGE MONTANYE, AT
fk_x TORNEIe AT LA W-011 Ice corner of
Y and Pine amnia. .opposite Potirea Drug
Stare.
DOCTOR EDWARDS. PERKINS,
Oilers his professional aeritices to the citi
zens of Frenchtown and vicinity. Calls prompt.
I, attended to
W T. DAVIES,, Attorney at Law ,
9 • Towanda, Pa. ,-Office with Wm. Ws?.
king, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or
phans' Court business and settlement of deco.
dents estates. '
iI.tEROUR & MORROW, Attorneys
? at Law, Towanda, Penn's,
be undersigned having assoclited themselves
O'cother in the practice of law, oder ,their pro-
te.gional services to the public. •
ULYSSES MEROUR P. D. MORROW.
31arch 9,1865.
PATRICK PECK, Arrommrs Ai
Law. Offices :—ln Patton Block,Towanda,
Patrick'a block, Athena,' Pa. They may be
:lulted at either place.
u. w. PATRICK, apll3
COUNSELLORB . IicKEAN,' A A T T T L O
A B W NE T r • wm f
:Li, Pa. Particular attention paid to business
in the Orphans' Court: July 20. 1866.
11ENRY PEET, Attorney at 'Law,
1.1
Towan la, Pa. jan27, 66.
11R, H: WESTON; DENTIST.-
..LI Office in Patton's Block, over Gore'S Drug
ana Chemical Store. :lian6B
1 - 4 1 . DIVAp.D OVERTON Jr., Aitor
.U.ry at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office In the
t tun House. July 19,1865.
R. R. DAVIES, LERArsvrms, PA.
has permanently located .at the office
ormerly occupied by Dr. B. DeWitt, for the
ace of nis profess;oa . . May 9,1867.
OHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
t.f T LdW , 'Towanda, Pa. Also, Goverzi
r rd. Agent for the collection of Pensionif, - Back
l'ay and Bounty.
st - No charge miles; successful. Ogfloe oyOr
e Poet Office and News Room. Dec. 1,1864.
EIOCTOR B. DiWITT, PHYSICIAN_
.1J AND Suaosow.—May be found during the
114 y -unless otherwise engaged—on Main-st.. a
'ew doors below Codding & RusaelPs.
corner of WMlsm and Division-ste., late
,,ccoied by E. A. Parsons.
Ton i.adar Xprit 28, 1867.-=ly4
( 1 D. STII.ES, M. D., Physician and
sf• Ssrgeon, wocid announce to the people of
cit. Borough and vicinity, that he has perms
locatat at the plats formerly occupied by
1 G. W. Stone, for the prafttice of .his
Particular attention given to the treat
r. , rit of women and children, as also to the prae
!vq, of operative and minor. surgery. Oat. 2'66.
IR. PRATT hail removed to State
btreet, (first above B. S. llostell ,Co's
Persons Isom a distance deal - to - us
• hug him, will. be moat likely to find him nu
d.y ut each week. Especial attention will
' e given to surgical awes, and the extraction of
t, r.. ikts or Ether administered when desired.
July 1,8,1866. D. S. PRATT, M. D.
FOOTOR CHAS. F. PAINE.-OT
eme in Goatee Drug Store,. Towanda, Pa.
Calls promptly_ attended to at all hours.
Towanda, November 29, 1866.
MEEKS--AUCTIONEER.
LA AU letters addressed to him at Sugar itan,
Bradtorsi Co. Pa" will receive prompt attention.
_ _
VRANCIS E. POST, Painter, tour
ands; Pa, with 10 years experience. is eon
ti lent hem" give the best satisfaction in Paint:
'lug, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, ac.
WET Partieniar attention paid to Jobbing in pie
ountry. ,April 9, taco.
K. VAIIGHA.N —Architect and
rJ • Builder .—All kinds of Architectural-de
gigue furnished., Ornamentak
_work In Stone,.
11,,n and Wood. Office- OD Wain - greet, over
Co.'s Bank. -Attention given to Ella
(-al Architecture, such es laying out of poi:tads,
April 1, 1867.-1,.
J. NEWELL,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co. , Pa„ will promptly attlid
all business 112 Lila line. Particular attention
:i'ven to running and establishing old or (Mim
i I lines. Also to surveying olall Onpattental
nds as soon u warrants are obtained. myl7
VIT lIEKSBY WATKINS, 'Notary
• Public fe prepared to take DepoM
va4, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds,
t.hrtgages, Power- of attorney, and all other
, a•trumente. Affidavits and other pxpera may
I,e sworn to before me.
(ace opposite the Banking House of B. B.
Ei *Cs., a few doors north of the Ward
Rouse. Towanda. Pa., Jan. 14, 1887.
• •D. KNAPP,
IJ.
Watdi Maker. and Dealer in Gents and Ladles
‘7ittefapa Chains and Futter Itings,Clocks, Jew
dry, Gold P.ens, Simetacles, Silver ware, Plat
ed waot, liotioar ware, Thimbles., Sewing Uri,
chines, and other goota, belonging to &Jewel
ry Store. • •
Pertienlar ittLention psli to Repairing, at
his old place near the Post (Ace, Wsserly,N.
y. - Des. 11,1866.—tf.
JOHN MORAY,
ARTIST AND paoioolusigeg.
Will prOmptly attend to all business in his line.
Special attention given to Landscape 144 Stem
ic Photography.' Views of Family Beal
.leaces,f3tottis. Pabilo Buildings, Animals. Abe
chines; etc., taken in the best manner. _
Particular attention- given. to the novel,
. icaatiful stere<copTe representation of objeeta.
- Orders received at Wood 3 Harding's Photo
ravhic Art (klieg, Towanda.
Towanda, April 23, iii6T.—yl.
THE UNDERSAGNED -HAVE
aliened a Banking Bonn in Tolland*, notv.
ler 14 name c. G. P. MASON .& CO.
They are prepared 'to draw Me. of t _ Ex
. huge, and mike collections in New ort,
:Litadel
phia..and a ll portitous of the UT nited
, tates,oas akio England. Germany, and Francs.
."9 Lcan money, receive depoeiti sod to do a
4er.erai Banking business. .
G F. Mason was one of the. late Arm of
Uporte, V son t Co., of Towanda, Pa., and
at. knowit go of the business men of Bradford
ad 40111.11 g Oonaties,and having bees in , the
nklult business for about fifteen years. make
is house a desirable one, through which to
3 ate cellectiatui.
G. P. MASON,
Towenda, Oct. 1, 111.118. A. G. NABOB.
THEASTOR FIRE INSURANCE
of New York. Agency. for IkaLtoril Co.
CAPITAL $400,000.
•
inndend for Wa5, 20 / ter ceat.
• ONTANYS & WARD.
Tomodsauly 160287. - • •
ALARGE A. ORTWENT OF VO
-, cal and instrumental =Me twaaisAttly on
ad at4Ln NEWS EOM,
E. 0. ;1
VOLMk XX
Rtal es* mip
MON'il' 111,YR,
Q .
REAL STATE
Offal adult's tost l
prima sad upon i?ma "
I I
tract of land *nate G
New Jersey.
_tdenteln • 441
from Malaga ineacon, • •
Railway.
Ei
The a Blue /IOUs" props
township, Camdecoomty. L
MO ma. To he r i aold in lota.
• I cc
Potter Coun •
with Pine. Re ty,
ntlock, Ash,
woods as follows i p •
.
Tracts Ito . - l7 llkoo I
ntahth
4755, 890 screetween ge
forks of the scr ee,
•
Sylvania townahiS.
Tracts No. 476 ', 990 acres
acres; No. 4698, acres;
ship. line of Ap . head-wi
Creek.
1
1
Tracts No. 5917;4100 sixes No. 5720,1080
acres ; so. 6813, 1100 acres ; No. 6924, 1082
acres 76 perches: itio. 6913, 100 acres. No.
6930;1100 acres__; N0.,6938, I. 00 semi •, Noe
5929, 11,00; In Whdrtee and Btawardson town.
ships on head wawa Settle (t,-eels, near seals
branch.
I i
Tracts NO. 4717, 196 acres ; 4729, 990 acres ;
Anot and ;Brew ardion tetrad fps ? near Little
Kettle Creek. it
May 28, 1867.—1 y.
Tracts Na. 4920, 037 acres ; 4024 pc 600 acres,
Wharton townsblpvnain branst, EUnnoszahon-
Sag.
Two hundred and seventy te acres prime,
Ant class coal La. BMW township: La
:ern e county. ah id P.,alf way be wean Scranton
and Carbondale. Very near th e rl es allway:
One thousand aches first Anthracite
coal land about tiles north of Wilkes-
Bane, in the midst imp ta.
About 1000 scrod, of land Medford town
ship, Burlington county. Ne Jersey, about
four miles north from Jackson unction of the
Camden and Atlantic and De war: and Bari
tan', Bay Railways. {Valuable neat. Two
or c - three houses, :table, barns, Zbo., second
growth of timber, never failing water. Power
fall 15 or 18 feet oval:hot. Prion •1120 per • acre.
Ono-third may remain. ,
Delaware Farms and Penns}lvania lands.—
Descriptions and df Mons giten on ,spplica ,
tion.
•
A valuable Count& Seat nea; Philadelphia.
Splendid grounds trees. 00 acres of land.
WESTERN PIIOIBRTY—P
. 120 acres f good land
be
e i nT San Piers, ark counts
W. ♦. nMX
r so wt i peres of goo it la nd wft
; hes, pear &c. 25
on f mile front ' Ban Nevi
sel2oo.
130 - acres one mile ta San '
timbered. No imp vementa.
Pyle. $BOO.
Stearn Mill pro rty in B
Ship, Bradford cowl A very
beriog operation.
Eight parcels of llind, conta ,
fa :
100 acres, .each each y tlmbe
cod suitable for or gr
House and Barn in good ord l
of improved and timbered lan
water. &c. _ Union lOwnaldp,
Nortbern Central ...4llway. F
time And easy term I
1R
26 Town Lots In Monroe
county. Pa.
3,000 Acres Wild : , Timbered
county, Pa.
122 Acres good Visrmiug I
township. Bradford county .
1
Other timbered Ind impr&red properties:
1
Descriptions given o apps' mtion.
1 •
Tenements and proied Real Estate, To
"nude Borough; and 1 - ther proparties.g
I i
•
, iiiONTAN i irri & '
ExecntgOonveyanc , tarnish
buy and sell Real tate, cot
lien N,survey and e Me all ki
They are prepared 'o
negotia
homesteads, and p 8 sap -
to capitalists; to p , ure ad
upon bond and ge, and
..
quirLas for those del
T Eug to
or secure a homa y will , ,
. 11
IN S Ili - It A
In the best known totE AND
NIES. They have e AND
twd and neighborlng t e,ountiest
panto! In these sere 'dee&
lance I
1 i _
Those who desire t:" buy or 111 farms ;
All who wish to efliet Insurance against Pie;
t
All who seek perneinent investments fdPthe
future benefit of theft families, in secure and
Brit-class Lie Comil l a*, ,
Capitalists desirtne to buy or sell valuable
speculative propel;
All wishing surveye and examinations ;
~..•• •
All wishing . &drams upon valuable real
Popery I 4,
t - ,
w i le
t
, ~,
All who wish to obtain .or . rental of
Farms or Touguenta,'i
_.
tea
Are zespectthlly wile to
tress to our Agency.
Pother particalarOurnlabo;
Nice, corner of Main and
G. D
• I! NW
1 1
+.....
li \
sgir PROPERTAEE
i
. . FREE l
gr OR
II
..-
4
Ronal. KOMI _ ati l t,
Hon. Wlllanall I, • -
0. I. Wari, SR.,
. D. O. Minor '
Q P Duos 4r, Co. ' ...;...... 4 .
.D, lon , ,
• . , & Co.
r iiM moiDrotharn, Mdlalin ,
Hon. John N. Coodiabaug,
Chink* Parrlsb, Weis.
Ron. P.&Stnetotli'__ • .
k., , . •II Ind•
..
...__.________
ta ,,, 1 ~..., .:i7, .1, 2 , "., '•,- " ‘ • " • " '
..
. -t - ' -'..--;.'.,' " . •., 1 .!ri.,' , "•:.:i--'itr.L . l! i.i{i';...,',.• • . .
t . .. ~..:_., ~,,,. -, _
.., z r, :,,,,,
..-- . _ -. •, ~_ ',•ii - :: : 5 . .a . .. ,,, :i , r,„ - 1 - ;:,'..: : r.,' , '•Vtg,.• ' i•' i !s : - `- '•':t . '''it•. ` is-i t- .i.:'..'' -- ;;ii'- - ',Z.:: ..,' -..; ....,..f.i!.-'..17,::: - . , ':::' , .:. , 7 - i.. - . .,-!-=..2 , . %. L '
,
. ..,. . . ... ,
- -.. . .
. . , , . • • . , , / . .
„ .
' .... r i -. ,
~, r ~..:. , 1 r.,.., ~.....,,,,...- ' • - • - '.• . 7. - . •
~..."
. .
. ... . ' '•' .
• . ... „ ,
. i •- . 7 1 .A I - ,
.if , .
r, .. 4- 1.. :II ' ( .1 . , •• • ,
•
- • -
- -,.
..... • .
• - 1 ,
~,..
. , - ..,.... ,
1: , - :- . . ~, (11. ., ,,1. . •
. ,;)..., -1
~ :t- , ,
~,.
.. j. .,. :.:-,,, •.
',.• -.'-'• - .....::: ..
'-- . ,
(.1- .•
~ .. .
.- •
.
.-
. . •—\
• I '1 •-t.
-., „• ,i ,:s.
1 . ,
1.. ) . . .. .
_ L ''' N ., •
,• ...-, . .
......
. •.. . . : - •.. ~...
•
... . ,
. ._ . . .
.
- ,
. _ . , _ . . • .. ,
. _
.., • . .
, .
. . -, - i • . .
. .
. . . .
. . . . . . ... _ . , .
.. . I. . .t. • . . , . . .
. . .
- •
. .
. .
•
• . ,
. • .
- . . . . . . • . . .
I
Il
laH
_Publisher.
I 1
name.
WARD,
GRNOY,
at !mailable
• °Mei Conti,
meres t _ Si WWI
and Cape Iby
in Winslow
, . Containing
. • acres; No.
tire and east
Wharton . and.
No. 4768 k 400
.11 Wro
te* of Kettle
r sale 'or ax
one third tim
, lowa.
fruit trees, sp
ores improved,
ou RallwAy.—
ere, one-third
On railway ,
licuiteu town
!desirable lu m-
ng from 50 to
and Improv-
r and 138 acres
orchard, good
'oga county, on
sale on' ong
!rough, Bradford
and. Sullivan
ad, Burlington
ARD,
Briefs of Title,
act rentals and
.da of property.
• sales of farms,
tally desirable
of money
piosecate th
e investment/
• t
all
LIFE COMPA
geacy o Ittatt.
). es lia2
eats of Inset,
ir -
!utrost such bust-
at our office.
Pine innieta..
MONTARVB,
It WARD:
VERTISED
QE.',
MI
MI
ihirrada.
Now York.
SMCP
EMI
tested
T'WUJCIIIV PA3CIEI.
Twilight soitlY closes round me,
Dualysbadoiia All the relee s
Weil-hnOilt Otieota glide befoSme,
Wierdly in the gathering gkom
And with dreamy eyes I'm watching
Idngering day ht disappear,
While my_busy thoughts are weaving
Curious lenoies , quaint and queer. •
Pint I built myself a castle,
Where I rule in queenly state,
Decked with oriental splendors,
• All my fancy could create'
.:
Orinition curtains shade the windows,
Softly letting in the light ;
Heavenly strains of sweetest mask
Fill the teases with delight.
Chandeliers of gold and silver,
Hanging from the frescoed ceil,
Marble (Name of olden stmlptors
• Half dlsolbse and half reveal ;
Tiny jets of perfumed water
Fall from antique'vases rare,
Pillars 'carved from Parian marble
Rear, l their stately columns there.
•
There t a e sunset skies aro in;ghtest
With the glow of dying day, "
There the sea winds — inurmur softly,
There the gentle zephyrs play.
By the seaside I have reared it,
And it Mends in stately pride
On the cliffs that frown defiance
At the inward rolling tide.
All that art and nature offer,
• • All that boundless wealth could buy,
To adorn my seaside palace, '
I have brought from far and nigh.
Sweetest song ! birds warble round it,
Softest sunshine lagers where
Proudly rite the lofty tune'
Of my cantle in the air.
; i; torellautsuo.
THE BLUE RIBBON.
OR, RURAL LIFE AND LOVE
Nature, not the schools, had made
Jehn Everdale a man. While other
boys had studied or played truant he
bad worked—and yet I venture the
a4sertion that, of ten college bred
young men of his native county, nesr
wit his own sr, not one' could haite
been found better educated in a cdr
tain true and practical sense;than
In the absence of text books he had
txonght for himself; The calculus
ts!ght be beyond his comprehension,
bat, he had - learned long ago the ratio
of honesty _ ; to success, and knew how
to; deduce from it the foramla of up
rlght living. He could not read a
line of Homer or Virgil, but he did
know something of the works of those
great English thinkerti, who have lain
nearest the 'world's heart, thus catch
ing and perpetuating its throbbing,
and incorporating upon their own
gage the beit of all past and present
izepirations. A boy who kept a leaf
of I Shakespeare folded in -his vest
;
pocket, to .be taken out and learned'
byi heart as he followed the plough,
Would not be likely to grow up with,
tastes wholly uncultivated. ,
Yet John Everdale loved hitowork.
If pathways had opened to him
alike, I doubt if he would have chos?
en to be anything else than the farm ,
Or he was.' His aspirations , though
not groveling in the soil, rose from it;
grouping themselves about a home;
and friends, untarnished name, and
sturdy service wherever needed.
He found himself at twenty-two in
possession of, hie patfimony, a small
farm, heavily mortgaged, together
With the title to a tract of wild wee
ern land. This last the specious rep
resentations-of an agent had induced
his father, always over sanguine, to
purchase, only to find it quite useless
thereafter, for any immediate adven
ture.
John saw years of hard work and
close economy -stretching ahead be
fore he could hope .to stand with un
encumbered hold Upon his anttestral
acres. No golden
. prospect certainly •,
but with his brave, hopeful heart and
jogged health he saw it unflinching:
tiesides,he loved Helen Darrell. From
the time when he had gone, a boy, to .
Darrel Hail, on his father's errand,
end the beautiful child, with her mar
velons brown eyes and golden glory
of curls, hid flown out to learn from,
him how to_ tame the wild ponies her
lather hadtiought for her, until now,
when her More mature loyelinesuwas
the pride not alone, of Squire. Dar
jell's heart but of 'all- Shelbyville, he
Could not remember when his (ova
or her had 'not seemed a part of hit
cry breath and being.
The fact was itself a key to his
chiracter. If he had> been less than
be was he could never have daied to
love.. Not that he had' any puffed up
certainty of success j but the man
hood within him, humble and self-re-
Spectful, claimed for him the right to
love the woman , who embodied his
noblest idea of. womanhood, and to be
judged by. her,irrespective of any-un
towarddiffereneei oftivard dream=
stakILCOEI,
He hoped for mac pledge as yet—
Would not if he cOhld have exacted
inch. His native sense of the fitness
Of things forbade it, Until his own
baud, under kind Providence, should
haVe carved out, 'for himself a - more .
_Certain fortune. It might be a long
labor; but the yeart of waiting, like
Jamb% would seem as "so many
Jays," if only he were sure of Jacob's
reward. ,
Meanwhile, he wooed her at II dis
tance, and had the satisfaction of
knowing that at least she was not
wholly indifferent to him. How Much
her manner meant he did not dare to
guesit":. she was so kind to all. For
givii him if :he watched other admir
ers jealously; he was buthnman,and
the dAily fear went -with him, " Will
pate Joo l!qe when turn com e s
to speak fin_"
1111
, 1; IfaIIIDLESS iiat!monappz; nu emir iauAmu.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD(COUNTY; PA., ECEMI3ER 5,1867.
_ All . 13helbyville .was . . shocked 0130
morning to hear that-good Dr. Matti
son had behzi found quietly 'sleeping
his last sleep in his . bed. Every fain
ply, felt a keen sense 'of `personal loss
in the death of the . old physician,
1 whose cheery- presenee and i genial
1 gtupathy had always brought a heal
mg influence into , their tuck rooms,
quite independent of- hi careful pre
i scriptions, who had 1) . sided at, th e
birth of their children, a d whose ten
, der hands bad closed the l oyes of some,
of their loved ones when human care
and skillcould avail no - longer.
The people,who came in great num-
bets to Dr. Mattison's &nem!, saw in 1
the place of chief mourner hismeph
ew, Dr. Alfred, Lashley, who, it was
understood, would now leave his po
sition in a city hospital, in order to
succeed to his uncle's business and
'estate. The good pld doctor had been
wont to' speak, proudly of his nephew,
as a young man of uncommon talent
and thorough education ;- indeed it
hid been his cherished-plan to see his
practice established in. these younger 1
and stronger hands while 'he himself
yet lived.
Dr. Lashley found a hearty wel
come to Shelbyville, for his uncle's
sake as well as for his own. As time
passed,one and another of the friends
of Dr. Mattison called to grasp' the
young man's hand, and speak words
of hearty sympathy and encourage
ment
1 "Come np to the Hall whenever
lou have time and inclination ; the
atch string hangs outside," said
Squire Darrell, _pith a blunt cordiali
ty to which Dr:Lashley was not slow
to respond..
Calling
Calling soon at Darrell Hill he met
Helen for the first time, n some years.
-He was quite unprepared.to find her
what she was. The most; beautiful
Woman he had ever iiiet—Lhe settled
that at a glance—cultivated and re•
fined evidently, and -yet with a fresh
spontaneous manner, as charming as
rare. How could she have kept this
.childish simplicity, he wondered,
through all the flattery and caresses
which must have been lavishqd upon
her. The truth was that Helen Dar
rell had been praised too much to be
spoiled by it. There may be an ex•
Creme of adulation which shall hold
in itself the germ of its own antidote.
The homage which enveloped Helen
like anatmosphere she . : accepted as a
tribute of love,rather than the reward
of real desert. '
Squire Darrell naturally spoke
much of Dr. Mattison, whom he had
dearly loved,and Dr.ifiashley respond
ed ' with 'a filial etithusiasm which
quite won Helen's heart. As the con
versation progressed he seemed
drawn unconsciously to speak of his=
own plane and purposes of life ; of
his profession,which he considered
second to none in \ means and opportu
nities of good.
Alfred Lashley was .not intention
ally dishonest, but he hail a marvel
ous power of expressing more
he really felt. Some tell us that the
absolute possession of any great vir
tue is necessary to its real apprecia
tion ; but this man combined with
unbounded aspirations aftei true no
bility, a constitution ready to fail at
the first great trial. He , did not know .
his \ own weakness would never
now it until some test moment came
suddenly upon him, and even then
some loop hole of expediency would,
perhaps broaden before his distorted
vision into a great -archway over the
entrance of duty'.
He knew how to use the words
"work" and "mission; in a way that
suggested to Helen's ardent imagina
tion all the sublimest possibilities of
moral heroism,
while in the same
breath, lie said he felt this to be, an
age for saying little and doing much.-
Helen felt, as did all others who met
him, the spell of his magnetic pres
ence, the fascination of ' his brilliant
intellect and fine cultuke. She sang
for him and looking tip between her
billads, saw his dark eyes full of
tears.
'Poor John Everdale, riding slowly
past Darrell Hall in the winter moon
light, saw the new doctoxfs- tall fig
ure bend gracefully in a parting bow
to Helen in the doorway, and, started
with a sudden' pang, for which he
was angry with himself a moment af
ter. But the vague, sense of pain r and
loss was repeated so often in the
weeks and maths that followed,as to
grow at last into a settled sorrow,
blotting out his hopes and threaten
ing to darken all his life. By the
time that, the last.. snowdrifts had
melted away in the spring sunshine,
John's dream of love had vanished
with them.. No engagement between
Dr. Lashley and Helen bad been Offi
cially announced, but rumor had set
tled the fact of such engagement with
quiet certainty.
Night after night Jain Everdale
lay sleepless, facing his trouble, and
waging unequal contest with his own.
heart. He believed in Dr. Lashley ,
with all the force of his generous us
tttre,,And his whole soul ratified Hel=
en's choice. He felt that he vould:not
willingly cast the temporary cloud of
his own unhappiness across he i per
fect sunshine. So he, found courage
to-meet her at Dr. Lashley's sidemith
his old,frank smilenf greetihg,thougii
he was not strong enough to go-any
more to Darrell _
Vie summer heats 'came on with an
intensity almost unparalleled. The
very air seemed scorching, and man
and beast lb:46d :with exhaustion.
Shelbyville proper was built
ly upon two hille,separated from each
other by; A low, mushy, valley, ~now
teinporari_ly occupied by a 'collection
of some fifty or more wretehedtabins
which had received the name of "New
Dublin." Thew huts were tenanted
by the families, of a gang of t w- , he lo
eat class of Irish laborers, then em
ployed in excavating a - tunnel for a
new railway: - • • -
An occasional breeze•brought some
f 1 vitality to the hillside air, but
the stagnant atmosphere of the val
ley was foul with the fumes of a poor
ly drained soil and:over-crowded liv
ing. .
"Such weather must breed sick
ass, Dcictor r' said. Squire Darrell
to Dr. Lashley, one day, , as the two
sat with Helen in the porch.
In the valley, _undoubtedly," wits
the ansvier. "The poor Hew
iteiare HO food fix fever. Pahould
greatly_dread the appearance of any
malignant form of disease among
them. Their ignorant and unreason
able fears succumb to the first at
tack, and there is no lever by whit&
to lift ,them." .
• Ji Can there be' no means of pre
vention ?" asked Helen.
"Can bet Yea. Will' be ? No.
I rode down there only yesterday, and
tried in vain to induce an effort at
something like care and 'cleanliness.
It's of no use.'* •
Dr. Lashley's fears soon began to
be realized in the breaking out of an
obstinate and contagions fever in the
valley. Within twenty-fonr hours
after the appearance of the first case
symptoms of the same disease mani
fested themselves in several others.
he poor people ilfere threwn into
consternation, and showed the wild
est inefficiency in ministering to the
wants of those already stricken down.
Dr. Lashly found the which
Seemed - nec,essem among them in the
last degree repulsive to. bin fastid
ious sense. He was unwilling to
.acknowledge, even t@ himself; how
much he shrank from l'unittna the'of
floe of nurse to that Of- physician in
those miserable abode. ,He was
ions to leave nothing undone which
duty and humanity could suggest in
the case ;• still, as almost ever , day
added to his list of patients, he found
strength and courage failing. •
Helen, going into her kitchen one
morning found Bridget Mahoney, her
maid-of all:work, sobbing bitteily
over her wash tub, and learned, on
inquiry, that the poor girl's father
and mother Were both.lying sick of
the fever. Helen made Bridget dry
her hands and eyes, while she herself
packed a huge 'basket with articles
useful in illness. Then, having sent
the girl to her home; she put her'ovin
white hands in 'the tub, and finished
the week's washing.
At noon Dr. Lashley made a hur
ried call, looking, sadly worn and
harassed. Helen, even while she no
ticed' the pallor of his face, felt an
iadefinahle disappointment that he
spoke almost as much of his own
sleeplessness and watching as of the
condition of the poor, sufferers, some
of whom seemed vibrating between
life and death.
Tim Plaherty!e child died this
morning, " he said, " and John
,O'Rourke, and Pat Reagan are quite
past help. Oh, my dear Helen 1 I
am utterly worn ontlegith what I
have seen and endured in those hov
els. "
,
She did not see him again until the,
next afternoon, when, standing'at the
gate, she saw his chaise driving rap
idly/up the street. Ae wore a linen
traveling snit, and a portmanteau
lay beside him on the seat.
" Not going away, Dr. Lashly f "
she exclaimed, as he drew rei and
sprang out with extended hand
"'To the beach, Tor a few day , " ke
answered, without noticing the tone
of surprise in which she had spoken.
" I am very sorry to be obfigedito
leave now ; but I have not' been
well for some months, and I the strain
of the last two weeks has been terri
ble for me, I feel it to be an impera
tive duty which t owe to myself and
and my work-in life, to give myself
the short rest which alone can save
me from utter prostration."
" So yon will leave those p pea ,
ple to die?"
t' My dear Helen \ I" Dr. Lashley
looked bath surprised and grieved.—
" Harris, my student, will give them
the closest attention ; besidee"—he
hesitated a moment-" there is Dr.
Arnam, you know, at the Corners."
" The one an inexperienced boy,the
other a heartless quaelti " '
"Helen l you are very hasty in
your judgment in Dr. Amman, and ae
for Harris—whyMelen. he hasshown
wonderful ability.in these very eases,,
and I 'have spared no pains to make
him fully understand the line of treat
ment I wish him to follow. Remem
ber, it is, only a careful balancing of
the, apparently conflicting claims of
duty which has decided me to go."
. He spoke earnestly, and with a
look and tone which showed how en.
tirely he felt himself misjudged.
" There comes the train, Dr. Lash- .
ley—you will be late 1" said-Hnlen,
letting her hand rest on his anioment,
and then drawing it away.
He stood an instant longer, with
an expression of painful indecision on
his handsome face;then he said. has-
Good: by, Helen My dear
Helen, L am sure , that a moment's
thought will convince you that I am
acting for the best 1" and so was
gone.
Helen Darrel stood quite still for
a few momenta then she turned , and
walked with a c tin step`up the gar
den walk, thr gh the hall, and into
the pleasant library,where her father
sat reading hill& easy eiaix. she
stood behind him, and drew his head
backward, loOlrim into his eyes.
Well,.Lady Hell l"
" gaps, I am going to help nurse
those sick people."
S4tire Darrell gave a great start.
"Helen? Child I 5 What are .you
thinking of
She put .'her soft., hand over his
lips.• •
'!Not a , word, little papa I'm
your spoiled -daughter, yon know.
You can't deny' me anythingyou
have said so a thousand times."
" But, Helen, this is -worse than
folly—it's absolute insanity ! Wh
could you .do • -1 -
"A little, I hope . ; I 'wish I'
do
do ti great deal more. - Papa I - Some
•
of them are dying, sand If a r. Lishley
has gone away I"
" Gone away and where?" I
"To the beach—he's ill, he - said,
papa," in - a low tone, with her brown
eyes clear and steady; "if mammi
were alive she Would have gone be.
fore this time. Shan't Igo7" z
"My dirling?" sa id. Squire Dar e
roll, and drew her. dortn into his
arms _
A few hours later John 4 ;Everdale,
bending over poor Pat 'Reagan, and
trying to arouse;, him froth the deep
stupor into which he was constantly
falling, looked tip to see Helen Dar
rell standing' at the door. His lace
grew_ very pale for an instant, but
there was no other sign of surprise.
"Good afternoon,. Miss . Darrell,"
he said; with his bright smile trans
figuring all his face. He did not
say,
You
u here, Miss Darrell 1" His
whole manner seemed to recognize
her right, and pleasure to be there,
and Helen felt that his very silence
paid her a truer and more delicate
compliment -than Dr. Lashley's most
elaborate. period could ever have
conveyed.
" Tell me what to do,John," she
said, using , the old, fam iliar address
of her childhood.
"I fear - 1 shall make but a poor
teacher,".he answered ; but if you
*could t ake my place here I could go
somewhere else where help is needvf.
Poor Mrs. Began is trying to aleeP
a little. Patrick is Very quiet, as
you see ; there is little to be done
beyond keeping his lips moistened
with this sponge--and pray don't let
him sleep too heavily."
Helen eat down by the bedside,
and John went out, but soon came
back, saying, " You know where
Mary Morrison lives, Miss Helen ?-
The next cabin but one is. hers. Her
little :child looks badly—head, and
hands ,bturning hot. If you Could
i
help her get it ntO:a warm bath, and
Show he: what to do, it might throvi
off an attack."
Helen went gladly to do as- she
was bidden, and came by-and-by,
laden with the blessings of the anx
ious mother, to report - the child sleep
ing sweetly.
Wherever ehe went the praises of
"Mr. Everdale" were sounded in her
ears, and she realized; as never be
fore, how much confidence and cour
age a strong will, clear head, and
warm heart may infuse into an ig
norant and Suffering community.
"I hope Dr. Lashley , is not very
ill ?" John said anxiously, as they
parted for the .night, and Helen felt
her cheeks flush hotly is she answer
ed, "He will soon be able to come
back, I think." •
That' night , a strong tempest tore
down from the mountains, terrible in
the hour of itestrength and-fury, bit
leaving the atmosphere cool and pure
behind it. The sick, except., ads& as
were put recovery, began to mend
under the favorable change, and
fresh life and hope svere--astir in
"New Dublin."
Those few days in which,j,ohn
Everdale stood side by side with,
Helen Darrell at , the couch of the
sick and dying had been days of deep
suffering as well as of cheerful work
for God and man. The old struggrie
in his heart was aroused in tenfeld
strength by the eight of her noble,
and untiring ministry—the very
touch of her hand and sound of her,
voice had power to thrill to the
very depths of his nature.
A sudden summons to theeick bed
of her father's only sister took Helen
from her self-imposed task, )xnd she
left Shelbyville on the evening be
fore Dr. Lashley, refreshed and in
vigorated, came back to hie f`work."
Helen herself returned in October,
on the first' day of the County Agri
cultural Fair at Shelbyville. If any
one her accomplishments could
take. precedence of another in her
father's eyes, it was her daring .and
graceful horsemanship, and to please
him she consented, year by year, to
enter the list of lady riders on the
&king day of the Fair. •
"I am afraid Whisp will be in
poor training, papa," said .Helen, as
they sat together in the porch'', on the
evening of ber arrival at home.—
"And, by the way, have you. found a
mate for Racer yeter
"•yo, unless John Everilaleshould
sell me that gray' of his. John is
going to sell out his farm and leave
—did I tell you? And sorry' lam
for it, too. There he is , now 1 I'll
call him in - and ask about the gray."
Between She gate and the house
John Evertiale steeled hie nerves to
meet Helen. calmly, and achieved - a
brave success. If he had been less
preoccupied with his own_ emotions,
he might have noticed an unaccus
tomed tremor in her- vOice.
"So you are going away, John?"
she said, as her father went indoors
fer-a moment.
" Yes I am• talking of it," he
answered," I.hear that a real nity
is being laid out at last on my West,
ern—l hid almost said my Spanish
estates," he added, with a laugh that
tried to be cheery, "and who knows
of - the fortune that may be stored
for „ . me in corder-lots; At any rate
Pm going togook after, my own in=
tenets on the groand.-" -
'Why .do you go away f" .
' He looked at her wfth all the hun
gry; hopeless yearning_Of his soul in
his eyes. Sure enough I Why did
he go awe, f Could he breathe the
Bale air sM. breathed—be warmed
in e Same light Chit shone upon
her and yet--
P
. Laddey's chaise stopped at the
gate. ' . ' 47
.
'"Helen Itarrell," said John, With a
wh to Beat; smothered in his eyes _„
the'lreins knotted on his forehead
am , In 'some mortal parg,” - " I can
-no are not stay PI _
t was not Dr: Lashley/but young
H - who banded to Helen a note
. I
$2 per Annuni, in• Advance?
and a little packet, and then drove
awayngain. -
" What is it, Nell dear ?"- said
13vire Darrell, coming out.
'Only & note from - Dr: Lashley,"
answered Helen, spending rapidly.
He. has Mit jnst heaid that I am at
home ; would tall to-night, kit is
sent for suddenly, will be atthe
Fair Grounds tcp-morrow,, and hopes
to Nome wear the scarlet ribbon he
sends faierita 'cold 1" Then
turning; iith a , quick lowering of
helr or,John r
voice, she said, , ," What is your
"
. It seemed 'a cruel taunt, but all
John's., manliness and self-respect
came tolls aid as he answered, with
a - smile, "True-blue, Miss Helen 1"
The next morning dawned without
-a cloud. From far and near the
country people crowded to _the Fair
Oround: ,A great 'throng . surged in
and about the gaily decorated booths,
and in the .cattleyard the farmers
Were discussing the relative merits
of Durham and • Devonshite, Old
English and Merino. At last the
hour appointed for,the riding arrived.
The crowd arranged itself as best it
might, surcoundiflg the:nourse and
the judges took their places 'on the
Stand. ,-
John Everdale looked on wearily
from a distince as the Idaeh com
menced. Nearer and nearer,, came
the graceful riders;—a little girl in a
green habit and plumed jockey-tak
ing the lead) but just as they passed
him, rotiding _ the curve,-the gray
Arab, Whisp, shot 'ahead with Helen
Darrell. John's heart gave a wild
leap and stood still; but it was not
the matchless face,flushed and eager,
that had thrilled him so. He had
scarcely glanced at the slender figure
bolding its seat in the saadle _with a
pliant firmness wonderful to see..
There, streaming backward from - her
throat, a single dash of. color . on
black background; of her riding habit
--not Dr. Lashlees scarlet token,
but a ribbon that might have stolen
its azure from some star-eyed violet
in summer meadow's.
When Dr. Lashley made his way
through the crowd, mounted on shis
handsome black, and laid his hand
with ill-concealed vexation on,Helen's
embroidered bridle reins--the prize
of the du's success--she bowed bar
thanks, but said 4 . 1 I have another
- escort, Dr. Lashley 1" and sao rode out
from the inclosure with John Ever
dale at her side.
Not a word was spoken;.but, as
if by instinct, they turned aside into
a more unfrequented may, and as the
trees of the grove shut out all cur
ious glances behind them,they turned
and looked into each other's eyes.
" - I love you, Helen I it is all that
I can . do," said. John Evendale,
simply. -
A bright Kush spread • over Helen
Darrell's upturned:face. She touched
Whjap quickly with her riding whip,
anif John looked,after her wondering-
IV- Backward on 'the 'breeze came
the refrain of an old ballad : -
And I've no heart to give him,
For he has it now,"
A GENUINE GuosT grortv.—The Mo
nongahela Republican says . : " Not
very long ago, the l young and beauti
ful wife of one of our citizens was
called to her final . account, laving
her husband disconsolate, sad, be
reft. She was buried in the-edjacent
;'''
cemetery, and the husband jeturned
to his disconsolate hOme— Ortot to
forget, the loved one. - Shels present
with hini by day' in spirit, and in his
dreams at night. - One peculiarity of
his dreams, and one that hatinted him,
being repeated night after, night, was
this tont the spirit of his wife came
to his bedelide and told hiai that the•
undertaker had not removed; from her
face the equare-rpiece of muslin or
napkin - which had been used to cover
her face after death, but had screwed
down her coffin-lid with - it upon her ;
that she could: breathe in her- grave,
but was unrest on account of the nap
kin: He - tried to drive the dream
away, but it abided with him' by night
anktroubled him by day.' He sought
the 4onsQlation. of religion t his pas
tor prayed with him and assured him
that it was wicked to indulge such
morbid fancy. It was the subject of
his own petition before the p rone of
Grace,_ but still the spirit me.aud
told anew the story ,of its I suffoca
tion. in : despair be sought the un
dertaker, Mr. Dickney, who told him
that the napkin had not beoh remov
ed, but urged him to forget the cif
cutastance, as 'it could not be any
possible annoyance to inanimate.clay.
While the gentleman franklY ac
knowledged this; he , could lot avoid
the apparition, and • coutinual stress
upon his mind began to - tell upon his
health. At length he determined to
have the body disintered, and visited
the undertaker- for that - purpose.-L-
Here he was met with', the name ad
vice and persuasion, and icenvinced
once more of his folly, the j i, haunted
man returned to his hom . That
night,, more vivid than over, more
terribly real 'than before, shel came to
his bedside and upbraided him for his
1 ,
want -of . affection , to,''re l ove the
cause of all her suireriiiz - Ite neat
night, with ' a friend, , he re aired to
the Sexton, who was . preys' ed upon
to accompany -them, and the e by the
light of the - cold, rounds th e.
- the
body Was lifted from itinarr w bed ;
the coffin lid was unicrewed,l and-the
napkin removed frown the face of the,
fxose. - That night she came to his
bedside once more but fora ! thelast
time. Thanking him for his kindnese
she Kissed her cold lips to his cheek,
and came again no more. ißeader,
this is aArae - .ry ; can you explain
the mystery ".f dreams? , ~
Never e a nap in a railroad ear
--the • always mos over.elee*s.- ,
Nylky oes water boil keener In an old.
sa •• - • • thad in a newts:lo? Ptenth takes
two' :It , . elf to =me this abstruse.query,
i
nen& " beaaMel the old pan's used to
NIIMBER , 2B.
- - A. fly Causen- . 4onto.:Batia's Sor:
SLoutrr:--" I ahead _think they would
keep the pews freafrom dust ; I shall
certainly soil my., new stain. I won
der whether 'anybody - noticed my -:
[ bonnet. I think Ws very. becorn
Goodness ! if titer° ain't Miss Bp:
the school teaser, rigged up i
new mantilla.' She .spen . da alt
salary on 'dress; or I'm .nnstaketi:t I
„do hate vanitrand ostentation. - i -
, - • "I wonder who that young gentle
-man is in the _next pew 1 - -he's.. v 1 1
handsome, certainly. -I- never v 7
' such a becoming_ motuststefie. I
shouldn't wonder . if it was Cast co 'l2
Mrs. Primrose has - told me of. I sfi uld
like to know it he's married: Ig s. l'll . speak to Mrs. Piimrose, ter
Church. Perhaps she will 'Ural cry itti
me. .
" Oh, dear me,what a long pray'
It's tiresome ' standing , up so long
hope they'll. introduce the custo
sitting 'down during prayer. I eh
like to hint so our minister tha
bad better shotten his *services.
•" I
_wish papa would take a pe.
Mr. Watson's church. Such abe
tiful preacher •aa he is I His berm
are; so poetical .; and then he's
handsome and so intellectual. T
say he's looking Out for a wife.
wonder what sort of a minister's
I should make. I have se •
thoughts of joining the church.
"How unbecoming Mrs. Spattl
is dressed. -I believe that woma
perfectly destitute of taste: W
will that sermon be . through ? I
dare if there isn-'t Miss Holder
a fea r ther in her bonnet I Some,
ply admire her compleiion, bu it's
my opinion that any one may ave
as fine a complexion who will paint I
Thank heaven I I have-not come to
that yet I ,
" How hot Itj' ! Where's my fan Y .
The benedictiorr at last. Now I must
contrive to see - Mre. Primrose, and '.
get an introduction to that gentle
man. • Ah 1 there sho is I" -
WATCHING THZ STAPJ3.-It appears
that a young man Germantow n
had been paying some - attention bz a
_young lady; but only ventured home
as far as the gate till last weelßwhen
Carried away with the excitement, he
ventured to step inside, after being
assured.by,the damsel that all would
be right. Alaving for a while quite
anxiously waited for the first star to
shoot, the old gentleman of the estalf
lishment stepped into the parlor, and
looked up over his spectacles at the
surprised couple ; but . before any
questions were asked, the fair young
lady spoke upand said :
"-Pa,we are waiting to see the
stars soot."
"Yes, you are, :hey ? well, go to
bed, sit up with this young
man ; when the stars shoot, tell
you," replied the interesting parent,
casting a side glance at the feller. '
• The young man sat awhile quietly,
withent - speaking, when he got up
and looking out of the • window, re
marked "he didn't think the stars
would shoot after all and guessed he'd
go." The young man says he shan't .
very soon forget watching for the •
stars to shoot, and most of all
.he.
was afraid of, after the girl went to
bed, that the darned things wouldn't
shoot. • .
Es-Governor Briggs, of Massachu
setts, used to relate .the following,
which a correspondent avers has'net,/
been in print : .
In the old stage-coaph days, ai
Irishman was traveling in New- Eng- '
land. Arriving late •at the town
where they were to spend the, night,
Pat discovered ; to his dismay, that
his only chance for sleep was to . share
the conch of a colored brother., The
natural repugnance of his race made
him loth to accept the situation, but
being, , very - Vied he submitted with
as gdod a grace as possible. In the '
night, some mischievous Pus black
ened his face. In the morning, fifteen
miles were to be traveled before'
breakfast. Oar Celtic friend was.
wakened just in time to spring Into
the carriage'as it was moving off
At their stopping-plate he found no
convenience for washing. Stepping
'up to a glass to arrange. his hair he
started back in 'horror, exclaimilg :
"Be iabers,
,you'ue woke that durtyna- ,
gur, and left meNteen nziles-,behint
FUN, FACTS AND FAO:ETLE
Hs who is not willinito filisplace
he is fitted for, will find no ranee :;fitted for
him tn fill.• '
• -
A ,wag wrote.on the back "of a fat
alderinan, "Widened at the expense of .the
Corporation."
A live turkey would seem to be
less noisy than s,a dead one, for one makes
only a dix, the other a dinner. ,
- Tug people who feel burdened with
work, would probably feel yet more over
burdened with entire leisure wore they cal
led upon to "enjoy" it.
•
WHY are authors whoo - write- alio'''.
physiognomy like soldiers? Because they
write abotit face. .
WHAT bird is that which is abp) - -
lutely necessal to make kdinner and yct
need neither - be cooked or served up? A
swallow.
Wily is the letter T like your nci@o ?
Because it goes before you (II), •
WHY is a selfish - friend like the let
ter P? Because, though the - first in pity,
he is the last in help. - •
•
•
Finsy Accousup FOB.—When pco ,
ple ere 'sworn' in court of justice, they Mss
the,outside of' the bookldoubtless lwanse
they consider an oath a "binding" matter.
Vegetation is said to so scarce
around Virginia 'City. that " two mall ein
'stalks and a bunch of thistles are called it
grove.r.
During, the war, • a lady- passing
from cot to cot through the wards of.a hes
.ital,was shocked to hear a soldier laughing
at her. She stopped to reprove the wretch
ed fallow. "Why, look here, ma'am," says
he, "you have given me a tract on the sin of
dancing when.l've both legs shat; oft":
AN industrons tradesman hairing a
new apprentice; awoke him at a very early
hour on the first morning, by calling out
that the family were ailing down to the;:
table. 40 rhank you," said the boy, as ho
turned over in the bed to adjust himself for
a new nap)" thankyou, but - I never oat any
thing during the night." : •
ON the headboard of a grave lathe
Sputa diggings. California, is _thus in - -
scribed - :—"In memory of John Smith, who
met a violent death on this spot in 10
hundred and 40 too. He - was Shot by his
own pistil was not one of the new ,
but all old fashioned barrel, and of such is
the kingdom.of heaven. - -
A teacher in Springfield Alaseachu
ietta, while oondtylting an examination,
among other questilbs, naked the., follow
ing:- • • ' • 1
' , why ie the pram& , she , applied to a
ship." .
, .To Which one of the hop rendered tho
following answer : - , • .;
hnlL “litecause the rigging costs more than ilia
" .
- •
aw
g.
ir- l
7,,
i a
I el
. _
of
ntd
he
131
[1:18
80
im 3B
'en
de
• ith